That's classy. There's a graphic design position somewhere that needs to be opened up to the world of much more conscientious underemployed artists. I hope no one buys this new iStockPhoto version.

This. So. Much. As an artist with a Wacom screened laptop, I try to think of it like a light box. You look at it and you draw on it: at a 45 degree angle around chest height.

I know! I cried when I saw it. When I was a kid, I had this set.

Ah, thank goodness. Now we can all forget about this awful thing. :D

He could have been doing a great job, but the drugs explain the abrupt ending pretty well. Maybe with the cough syrup and the pot, nothing was happening downstairs for him? Cough syrup, or more specifically DXM (usually as dextromethorphan hydrobromide), is a disassociative drug (it affects the way the brain receives…

That makes this seem like a less creepy thing (as in I no longer have to imagine someone having semi-obsessive sexual fantasies about the President) and more like a lazy, pathetic publicity stunt.

Dog or not, our previous American Eskimo used to enjoy the occasional blue jay or mourning dove (and he definitely ate any kill that he grounded). I believe I am *more* amused by the cartoon because of that. And because I'm pretty sure that our new Eskie puppy has the potential to be just as bad as the cartoon if…

That link was so good, my other half had to come see what I was "ooooo"-ing over.

See the answers to La Comtesse. There are a lot of other precedents regarding the sale of a person's image.

If high-fives resulted in procreation, don't you think that the act of touching hands would be a much more intimate act in our culture? Maybe everyone would wear one glove like Michael Jackson and waving your palm (as we say hello from a distance now) would be the social equivalent of mooning/flashing/streaking.

You'd think since they're demanding payment for removal, this would be a simple thing. It's so obviously wrong. Video generally cannot be used for commercial purposes without the consent of all identifiable participants. This is why they're probably going from the for-profit angle. They have a lot more to stand on if…

Yes. I'll be 29 in March and this is exactly how I feel. Rock your 30's, girl; rock them hard. :D

Hannity is excellent for that. He repeats himself so much, you really get a chance to work up to the good comebacks.

They do! Our last dog was also an eskie. He died in May from a blood clot caused by Cushings (heart breaking), but at 12, he was still puppy cute and learning new tricks until the day before he died.

It's so refreshing to know I'm not the only one who had that experience.

Gracie is the first puppy puppy I've ever had, and she's all kinds of adorable. I look at her sometimes and have to ask her, "Doesn't it hurt your face to be that cute?"

Is toasting the birthday person at birthday parties abnormal? It's common in my friend set, and has been since before any of us got married. Though, we also have a tendency to toast to people who aren't there when we get together for dinner. We could be weird.

Ugh, I know. My new puppy tried to eat her poop for the first time today, and I was so grossed out, it took every inch of my body not to smack her, but I yelled "No!" so loud, i think the trees shook.

Thank you for bringing this up. I just found out about the thigh gap like last week. I didn't know it was a thing, (my thighs have always touched and it never bothered me) and I'd never thought about that before. And now I'm suddenly looking at who has one and who doesn't. And that creeps me out, (because it's kind of…

They must have. Our new American Eskimo puppy Gracie finds a new way to do the "cutest thing ever" every day. And she's a working dog too. (Though the breed's history lies more in cart guarding. They also have a history in the circus!)